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38 Cards in this Set
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Patrician
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born into royalty
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heterogeneous
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diverse in character or content
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ineffectual
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not producing any or the desired effect
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repartee
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witty comments or replies
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noun
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a person place or thing
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verb
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a word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence
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adjectives
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modify or describe a noun
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conjunctions
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connect clauses or sentences or to coordinate words in the same clause
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prepositions
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tells when or where
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Direct object
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follows a transitive verb. We ate the turkey drumstick.
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indirect object
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asks to or for whom of the DO We offered her the sandwich.
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object of the preposition
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is the last noun of a prep phrase.
We gave the turkey drumstick to her. |
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object of the infinitive
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is the noun that follows an infinitive. We would love to eat the turkey leg
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Predicate nominative
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renames the subject
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Predicate adjective
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describes the subject
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prepositional phrase
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a modifying phrase consisting of a preposition and its object.
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participial phrase
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a phrase containing a participial
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independent clause and dependent clauses
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Have both a subject and a verb
Sometimes are complete thoughts, sometimes not |
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Straw Man
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comparing two things unfairly
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Bifurcation
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giving only two choices
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Begging the Question
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The use of the claim as its own justification
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Slippery Slope
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The prediction of catastrophe based on a series of links started by one particular act
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Abusive Ad Hominem
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Sidetracks the issues by attacking the person
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Tu Quo Que
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Attempts to discredit an argument based on a person’s hypocrisy
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Question-Begging Epithet
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Calls someone a name that implies a quality or fact that is not proved
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False Cause
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Turns a coincidence or a correlation into a cause
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Hasty Generalization
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Concludes too much from too little
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Sweeping Generalization
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Misapplies a true principle to a situation that is exceptional
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Composition
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Assumes that what is true of an individual in a group must be true of the entire group
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Division
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Assumes that what is true of the group as a whole must be true of each member
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Equivocation
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Changes the meaning of a word or phrase in mid-discussion.
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Complex Question
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Asks a question that assumes and so corners its respondent.
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Appeal to Fear
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Manipulates agreement by way of fear instead of cogent reason
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Appeal to Pity
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Manipulates agreement by way of pity instead of cogent reason
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Band Wagon
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Convinces by arguing an idea’s popularity
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Amphibole
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Syntax of the sentence confuses the meaning of the sentence.
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Special Pleading
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Colors the language according to the arguers’ perspective
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Guilt by Association
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Uses bad reputations to discredit
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